You are correct, Mark. The short ton (2000 lb) is the one meant by the
simple name "ton" for most applications; the term "short ton" is hardly
ever used except to distinguish it in discussions such as this. The long
ton is used most notably in the maritime industry for vessel capacities
("tonnage"), loads, etc. There it is called just "ton" but elsewhere it
is called "long ton". Actually, in maritime usage, a long ton is
sometimes defined as the "weight" (mass) of 35 ft³ of water, as I
recall. Note that a cubic meter is about 35.315 cubic feet. A cubic yard
is 27 cubic feet.
Jim
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On 2013-04-08 17:21, Henschel Mark wrote:
We have both short tons and long tons. I think the short ton is 2,000
pounds whereas the long ton is based on the hundredweight, which is 112
pounds (sic). So a long ton in the USA could very well be 2240 pounds.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, April 8, 2013 4:48 pm
Subject: [USMA:52636] RE: Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>
But they got their conversion wrong – 1 tonne is 2209 lbs and an
ordinary ton is 2240 lbs (at least that is what I was taught in school
in South Africa), or is something different in the United States? ;-)
Martin Vlietstra
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *John M. Steele
*Sent:* 08 April 2013 16:25
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:52629] Germany: Thieves swipe 5 tons of chocolate spread
Amazingly, it is an AP article and they are metric tons.
http://news.yahoo.com/germany-thieves-swipe-5-tons-chocolate-spread-103316137.html
BERLIN (AP) — These thieves might really have sticky fingers.
Police said Monday an unknown number of culprits made off with 5 metric
tons (5.5 tons) of Nutella chocolate-hazelnut spread from a parked
trailer in the central German town of Bad Hersfeld over the weekend.
